Suwanee Bluegrass Site Plans Another All Day Event

Everett Music Barn, the iconic Suwanee site that has hosted bluegrass gigs since the 1970s, has some new touches and old traditions for 2012.

The traditional "all day pickin" will be Saturday, April 14, from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m., according to a recent announcement. That also will include a pot luck supper at 5 p.m. Bluegrass bands will perform throughout the day and evening. , but likely will get more pleasant weather in April.

Also, the barn has a new Facebook page, noted Tommy Everett, family member, sound man for the concerts and curator of the barn's musical tradition. That page also showcases the new porches and handrails at the barn, which was built by hand in the 1970s with material from a destroyed apartment building in Norcross.

The music barn was revived last April by new Gwinnett-based ownership. The death of Roger Everett in late 2010 threw the weekly performances into limbo, but the new owners revamped the barn and resumed the weekly performances. So the all day event in 2012 will be something of an anniversary.

Since re-opening, the music barn has hosted a .

"I realized (when the property went up for sale) that if it hadn't been for dad (Leroy Everett), I wouldn't be here. I look at the music as the greatest living memory I could have of my dad," said Rena Everett McDaniel, daughter of Leroy Everett, at last year's all-day event.